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burden. It was very heavy, however, and I had 
_ almost as lief be taken to a tea-party as have such 
another trudge. But how the skuas greeted me, again, 
with their wild cries, as we climbed the higher slopes 
where their nurseries are. Having set everything 
where it would best go, in the little cabin, I walked 
out and made my way to the cliffs. 
